- Harriet Nelson: Hi, Rick. What's the matter?
- Ricky Nelson: Oh, nothing.
- Harriet Nelson: You don't sound very convincing. Something wrong?
- Ricky Nelson: Life overwhelms me.
- Harriet Nelson: [she chuckles] It's all right. Life overwhelms me too, sometimes. What's your particular problem?
- Ricky Nelson: It's just that it's a man's world.
- Harriet Nelson: You just finding that out?
- Ricky Nelson: I've suspected it for some time now.
- Harriet Nelson: Well, never mind. You'll be a big man some day.
- Ricky Nelson: Promises. That's all I get. Promises.
- Ozzie Nelson: One of these days you'll be a great big fella.
- Ricky Nelson: By that time I'll be a little old man.
- Harriet Nelson: Oh, I don't know. All this talk about being a little boy... when you get past 13, you're getting along, you know.
- Ozzie Nelson: Heck yes, you're practically middle-aged.
- Ricky Nelson: Then why don't people treat me that way?
- Harriet Nelson: What's your complaint?
- Ricky Nelson: Why can't I stay up late at night?
- Harriet Nelson: Oh, because you're too little.